Suresh Ramamurthi leads the CBW Bank’s initiatives to support and foster innovation including working with financial services start-ups and remittance products like Global Remit, the bank’s online Money Transfer Service. Last year, he was honored as one of the 2016 “Digital Bankers of the Year” by American Banker, for leading the development and launch of the industry’s first digital banking architecture that enables real-time payments across multiple channels and was also awarded American Banker’s “Innovator of the Year” in 2015.

He is currently working in the development of cross-border payments, starting with Mexico and India, using new technology-based solutions. A veteran technology entrepreneur, Ramamurthi has founded and exited two start-ups, and has previously worked at Google Inc.

Ramamurthi has a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering, a master’s degree in Computer Science and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Chicago.